You can have personal style.
And absolutely on your terms.
First let’s identify exactly what your terms are.
Lisa Maria Pippus
What I didn’t learn at fashion school about personal style…
…and now use to help you build yours. On your terms.
Personal style is a triad of:
Expressiveness — inspiration, visual excitement.
Coherence — a clear readable visual order.
Hominess — physical ease of belonging in your clothes .
I studied fashion, but neither at school in Toronto nor in Milano were these 3 principles connected.
At fashion school, I won prizes for my work. But I was dressing a model, not myself. I could design, without having to wear it.
In my own wardrobe, I flip-flopped. Sometimes an outfit looked great, but I didn't have the language to understand exactly why. Other times it didn't, and again I didn't know why. So I had a lot of clothes. a wardrobe where some outfits worked and some didn't. And I thought that was normal.
Now I know normal is a wardrobe you love, easily combine and really wear, because you feel confident, on your terms. Personal style, must absolutely be on your terms.
WHY HAVING A PERSONAL STYLE SCRIPT MATTERS.
Men inherit a coherence script.
Women inherit expressiveness.
Since the early 1800s men have had a formal script in the suit. When their clothing context changed, another script emerged.
Since the early 1800s women have had color, line , shape and texture choices. Negotiating choice is why your personal style script matters.
2 style directions + 3-unique-to-you words = your own Personal Style Script.
Your script provides agency to feel fabulous. On your terms.
12 Style Directions = 66 possible style direction combos.
50 words per style direction in the consultation guide book
3 unique-to-you words ( your top choice)
= 10.6 million possible combinations.
What ever your starting goal:
to be taken more seriously
more beauty and craftsmanship
greater professional expressiveness
to communicate more authority and visibility
greater agency over how you dress as you get older
Aligning your Personal Style Script with coherence, expressiveness and hominess creates personal style on your terms.
Coherence: how ordered and connected each part is, making your message immediately readable and clear.
Expressiveness: how creative inspiration behind the colors, lines, shapes and textures, inspires and intrigues.
Hominess: how harmony between garment and wearer communicates a natural confidence because the outfit belongs on the person.
How do you create this in a single outfit?
I show you in THE OUTFIT CONSULTATION.
THE OUTFIT CONSULTATION.
Your Personal Style Script.
Made visible. In one outfit.
Visible Citizen + Invisible Hero
My client’s Citizen was visible through soft, multi-color approachable garments. Prints with distinctly rounded lines communicated sweetness, which was not part of her script. Her outfit missed the structured lines and single color of the Hero.
SESSION ONE 60 minutes
SESSION TWO 20 minutes
New Outfit Items + Color Proposal
Bold and leadership are now visible because the of the single color and structured lines. The warmth comes from changing black to beige and through the brick colour. The Passionate lace top is sensual, but not her script word. In her follow up email she shortened sleeves to a harness the power of fit. New buttons matching jacket colour create clarity. Necklace is her version of a tie, allowing the eye to travel upward.
Your 7 outfits are analysed against your Personal Style Script.
You are in charge of the evaluation criteria.
What you receive in
The Outfit Consultation
Prior to the session
113-page 12 Style Directions Guide +
Style Directions Imagery Guide +
Homework plan
Session 1: 45 minutes
You get analysis of 7 head-to-toe outfits, outfit item and color proposal, the 12 Style Power Codes Guide, session homework and session recording.
Session 2: 45 minutes
review of the new outfit according to homework from previous session and the session recording.
Follow-up
An email with a jpeg of your final outfit version to double-check it fully aligns with your Personal Style Script.
A concrete outfit + colour Your Personal Style visible. On your terms.
2×45 minutes · €499
After your Outfit Consultation continue and
Learn to make outfit choices yourself.
Continue through the other levels of the Visual Language System™ :
Style Power Codes, Gravitas-Charisma Matrix, Colour dna, Proportion, Key Items Wardrobe Planning.
“Lisa’s 12 Style Power Codes are pure genius!”
“I now own a small, sophisticated and versatile wardrobe.”
“Lisa’s system changed the way I analyse collections and make personal style decisions.”
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